Sack handle and filler



March 24, 1931. E. N. MALVERN ET AL SACK HANDLE AND FILLER Filed Feb.27, 1929' pagsy p bip p bmsgq jWwlv ernfl WWJOngS INVENTORS ATTORNEYWITNESSES 54$ Patented Mar. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT- oFFica EDMUNDN. MALVERN, OF QUITMAN, MISSOURI, WILLIAM W. JONES, LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS OF TWO-THIRDS TO SAID ,MALVERN AND ONE THIRD TOSAID JONES SACK HANDLE AND FI LER Application. filed February 27, 19 29.4 Serial No. 343,048.

This invention relates to a sack handle of the type disclosed in UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 1,237,930, granted to us August 21, 1917.

More particularly the invention relates to and has for its principalobject the provision of a handle adapted to be readily secured to thewall of a closed sack, one which when secured to the wall of the sack,enables the filling of the sack with granular or pulverized material,and one which is provided with means susceptible to the pressure of thematerial within the sack, toprevent discharge of the material from thesack through the handle.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features andadvantages will ap-, pear when the following specification is read inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which i The figure is asectional view showing a closed sack provided with filler handlesconstructed in accordance with the invention, part of the sack beingbroken away.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will be apparent,that there is shown a sack 5 of woven or like material, adapted to befilled with granular material such as grain, or pulverized material suchas cement. The sack 5 will be of closed construction except for openingsrespectively in the opposite ends of the sack; the material of the sackforming a neck 6 at each opening. The improved handle of thepresentinvention consists of a rigid element 7 of wood or any othersuitable material and of any desired length. The element 7 is of tubularform, or in other words, has a bore or opening 8 extendinglongitudinally therethrough, so that said element 7 will be open at eachend. One end of the element 7, the discharge end has an enlargement orannular shoulder 9, and a continuous or annular groove 10. One of thehandleelements 7 is disposed in each neck 6 of the sack, and in thepresent instance is secured in this position by means of a clampingdevice or piece of wire 11, which encircles the neck 6 to clamp it tosaid element; it being apparent that the enlargement or shoulder 9prevents the element from being pulled out of the neck, or

from becoming separated from the sack,

when the handle is grasped to lift the sack.

The discharge end of the handle element 7 is provided with a valve meansforthe purpose of closing the discharge end of said'element to preventthe discharge of material 7 within the sack through the bore or opening8 in said element, but which isdesigned to permit material to beintroduced into the sack through said bore or opening 8. In the presentinstance said valve means consists of a short tube 12 of suitablematerial, such as cloth, or any other'closely analogous material. Oneend of the tube 12 is secured to the discharge end of the handleelement, and this is accomplished by engaging'one end of the tube aroundthe discharge" end of said element 7 and then clamping said end of tube12in the groove 10 by the use of a clamping device or piece of wire 13.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that either one or both of thehandles enables thefilling of the sack with material. The ma terial willbe fedinto the sack by the use of a funnel or the likeindicatedat 14indotted lines. The tunnel will be inserted into the outer end of theelement 7, and the material I will pass through its bore or opening 8through tube 12 into the sack. When the sack is filled or substantiallyfilled with material, the material within the sack will collapse or foldthe tube 12 in such a manner as to close the discharge end of theelement 7, thus preventing the dischargin 'or egress of material fromthe sack throng said element 7. It willbe obvious that the element 7servesfor readily handling the filled sack. The sackm'ay be emptied byremoving one or both of the handle elements, it being apparent that eachelement may be readily detached from the related neck. The handles mayremain on the sack, which may be cut for the purpose of emptying it, ifdesired.

It will be readily apparent that the handles on filled sacks serveadequately for handling them in dispatch, in unloading, in carting, andby dealers and ultimate users of the materials. In all of theseinstances, the handles not only expedite the processes of labor,

but enable a laborer or worker to accomplish much more work and handlemany more bags or sacks in any given period of time, with less exertion.

We claim:

1. For use in conjunction with a sack, a handle having a filling openingextending longitudinally therethrough and adapted to be secured to theWall of said sack for the purpose of filling the sack with material,"and means on the handle adapted to acted on by the material Within thesack, to prevent egress of the material from the through said opening,said means being adapted to permit ingress of the materi'ai tosaid'sackthrough said opening.

2. For use in conjunction with a sack, a

handle having a filling opening extending longitudinally therethroughand adapted to be secured to the Wall of said sack for the purpose-offilling the sack with material, and foldable means on the handle adaptedto be acted on by the material Within the sack, to prevent egress of thematerial from the sack through said opening, said means being adapted topermit lngress oft'h-e material to said sack through said opening.

3. For use in conjunction with a sack of woven ortextile material, arigid elongated handle havinga' filling opening extending therethroughandxadapted to" be secured to the Wall ofsaid sad: for the purpose offilling the sack with granular or like material, and a tube of fol-dableand flexiblematerial secured to the discharge end of said handle"adapted to be acted ,on by the material Within the sack to foldthet'ube, to prevent-the egress of the material from the sack throughsaid opening, said tube being adapted to permit ingress of the materialto said each through said opening. 1 V

4. The combination with .a sack, of ;a handle element secured to theWall of the said sack and projecting thereinto, and hav- 'ing a fillingopening extending therethrough for the purpose of introducingmaterialinto said sack to fi l-l the. same, and controlling j 7 means onsaid element interiorl'yof said sack adapted to be acted on by thematerial Within the sack to prevent egress of the mater'ial a from thesack through said opening, said means being adapted to permit ingress ofthe material to said sack through said opening.

EDMUND N. MALV'ERN WVILLIAM W.

